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The Future is not Set

by Dave Keeshan and Jonathan Byrne

Dave Keeshan and Jonathan Byrne cover some piece of technology or pop culture that has come up in the previous week.

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Episodes

  1. Lambda: The Sentient Chatbot and others Stories

    I know now why you cry, but it's something I can never do.

  2. Coinageddon

    Welcome back to... the end? We had a lovely epsiode lined up and then the whole crypto market decided to punch itself in the face, so we decided to cover that instead\r\n\r\nIs this the end? We don\'t know! But while history might not repeat itself, it certainly rhymes and we put on our pundit…

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  3. Technology at War!

    We are talking about what every one is talking about, War! Even though Ireland is probably the furthest point in Europe from Ukraine we are beginning to see the effects at the fuel pump and in cyberspace.\r\n\r\nWhat does war look like now where soliders can be on insta live at the same time!…

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  4. Slaughterbots!

    This episode we cover the amorality of technology and how it butts up against the messy real world of people and trying to model things like language and intent as implementation requirements. Hilarity ensues!\r\n\r\nIn 2017 the video Slaughterbots! was posted on YouTube that showed a black…

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  5. Metaverse

    Whooosh, that is the future! Dave and John bring to you the very first podcast from the Metaverse. First the suggestion was to do a podcast about the Metaverse, then someone suggested lets do it in the METAVERSE! So we did it!

  6. Blender

    This week we discuss one of the biggest success stories in the open source world, Blender. Some people take up golf but instead both Dave and Jonathan took up blender and like golf you can spend years working on your technique.\r\n\r\nWhere did Blender come from, what is it now and where is it...

  7. Web3

    Well it is the new year (2022) and there are new words! Web3 is the one of new buzzword floating around, but what is it? Morketing 101 or the beginning for something new? With a new Matrix film about too we dive into a brand new world, but maybe it is the old world wearing a different suit! We...

  8. NFT and DAO

    Just in time for Christmas (2021 for whoever is keeping track) we finally get to discuss where crypto is going. NFT, DAO, fungible, what does it all mean and do I need a cream for that? Everything you wanted to know about decentralized autonomous organization and decentralized prediction markets,...

  9. The Ghost of Crypto Present

    This episode we continue on our crytpo discussion we, what is crypto in 2021? It has been compared to tulip mania so many times now, we can safely say, it is not tulip mania.\r\n\r\nDave and Jonathan have been charting the crypto seas now for over 10 years, what have they seen and what can they...

  10. Crypto and Bitcoin

    This is it! The Crypto episode, it is the one topic that has been asked for again and again, so you get it! We cover how it all began and the two nerds that Dave and Jonathan are early forays into crypto before it was cool! How did we all get from spending 20 BTC on a cup a coffee to the total...

  11. Chipageddon

    You may not know it, but we are currently experienceing the first chipageddon ever! Basic microchips are in short supply, but fundamental enough that car manufacturers are have to stop factories and layoff workers.\r\n\r\nWith the advent of computers, it allowed us to deploy Just In Time...

  12. The Trolley Problem

    There is a runaway trolley, heading down a track, that will kill 5 people if you do nothing, but you can choose to divert the train and kill one person! What do you do?\r\n\r\nThis is The Trolley Problem!\r\n\r\nWelcome to the world of moral psychology and how the thought experiment above is…

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  13. Value Tag (Podcasting 2.0 part II)

    Well we\'re back and we have unfinished business. In our last epsidode we started discussing he RSS tags added to help make podcasting more searchable, and like a good cliffhanger we finished before even getting to the value tag. Nothing seems to have energised the podcasting community like the...

  14. Podcasting 2.0 part I

    And we are back again talking about podcasting and the big fight against the walled gardens and their deep pockets. It took, 150 million to pay of Joe Rogan, we won\'t be as cheap!\r\n\r\nDave explains to Jonathan what podcasting 2.0 is and where it is going, sexy things like RSS feeds and meta...

  15. How to podcast?

    This episode we discuss how does one start a podcast? Everyone talks about wanted to do one. Dave walks Jon through the process of how ones gets going, from recording remotely, editing, hosting and the gate keepers themselves the podcast directories, we get into it all! TLDR; Just start right...

  16. Mask Wearing

    Lets talk about wearing masks. Some people have to wear masks as part of their day to day life, now the whole world is in some way used to wearing a mask to get about their day. Dave and Jonathan are happy to wear masks for the risk prevention the afford, maths is on their side, however it…

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  17. Phreaking

    This episode we go back and cover the modern ancient history of phreaking. A skill that was impressive the American government was terrified that the hacker Kevin Mitnick could launch a nuclear missile merely by whistling down the phone.\r\n\r\nDave and Jon recount their small exposure when...

  18. Sneakers - A Retrospective

    SETEC ASTRONOMY... TOO MANY SECRETS.

  19. Machine Learning

    What is Artificial Intelligence? What is Machine Learning? In this episode Jonathan explains some of the base ideas behind these terms to Dave and a few other things.\r\n\r\nThis is a podcasting 2.0 compliant podcast.

  20. Cargo Cults

    In this episode Dave and Jonathan ramble on about cargo cults and how humans develop ritualistic behaviors that completely miss the point of what they are trying to accomplish. In programming, business management and even in science itself there are many examples of people doing silly things…

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  21. Zero Day Exploits

    Welcome to the first podcast co-hosted by Dave Keeshan and Jonathan Byrne. Starting from the topic of Zero Day exploits Dave and Jon discuss how some of the decisions made by the likes of the NSA make in a backroom affect the day to day life of you an me. Will you ever look a trust the same way...

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Dave Keeshan and Jonathan Byrne cover some piece of technology or pop culture that has come up in the previous week.

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